CHAPTER S I X

"What's your name?" The king asked the princess. He knew her nickname but not her full name.

"My name is Rory" The princess smiled, she was relieved that the scary man in front of her wasn't mean today.

"No your full name" The king replied.

"Uhmm…" Rory didn't know her full name. Everyone has called her Rory since she was born so of course, she didn't know her name.

"You're dumber than I thought" The king snapped. He couldn't understand why she didn't know her name. It was after all the name lady Victoria had picked for her.

"Augustus" The king called Augustus.

"Yes, your majesty?" Augustus came as soon as he heard the king's voice.

"What's her full name?" The king asked Augustus, he knew that Augustus knew Rory's full name since Augustus was there when she was born.

"Her name is Lorelai Cordelia" Augustus replied with a sad face, just her full name reminded him of lady Victoria. That was the reason nobody called Rory for Lorelai. It was lady Victoria's middle name.

The king couldn't hide his surprised face. He was once again reminded of his past lover. And now that he knew what Rory stood for he couldn't bring himself to call her that anymore.

"I'm going to call you Cordelia from now on" The king looked at Rory.

"Why?" Rory tilted her head. She was still too young to know why the king didn't like the name Lorelai or Rory, and why nobody used her real name.

"Don't question it" The king ordered Rory to shut her mouth. He didn't feel the need to explain it to her.

"Okay" Rory replied without a question, she was so mature for her age!

They ate without talking to each other for the rest of the time. It was somehow really awkward to even be near the dining room. The king had to practice his sword skills, but he didn't want to leave Rory yet, so he ordered her to come with him.

Rory wasn't against it, of course, she loved to explore new things, and this palace was so big in her eyes so of course, she would love to look around.

"Mr. where are we going?" Rory pulled the king's robe trying to get his attention.

"Papa" The king replied. Which didn't make sense at all, but this whole thing was so new to Valdemar that he didn't know what to say to make her call him father.

"Huh?" Rory was so confused.

"Call me papa" The king tried to be a little more specific. As soon as he said that Rory's eyes lit up like diamonds, she knew what papa and mama meant, she had heard all about them in fairytales but whenever she asked where her parents were, nobody could answer her question.

Because she was so excited at the moment she hugged the king and called him 'papa' which melted the king's heart a little, but he would never admit it.

Augustus smiled knowing that the king now accepted Rory. They walked again in silence towards the training area where the soldiers in the kingdom trained. Everybody was so occupied but as soon as they saw the king they all bowed their heads until they noticed the little beauty beside him.

She looked exactly like lady Victoria and had the same eyes as the king. Now everybody knew who the little princess was beside him. That's the thing with royalty, no matter how you try to hide it, your eyes give it away. Only royal blood have sea-green eyes.

The king gestured for the maid to take Rory and let her sit at the bench where she could watch without getting hurt. The maid took Rory's hand and walked towards the bench. Rory was so excited to watch her papa and Mr. Augy play sword fighting. She didn't really know the concept of training so she thought that they were just playing.

After a while the people training became tired. They needed a break and as soon as the king gave them permission to stop they all dropped their swords. The king looked at Rory who was so fascinated by the sound of the swords hitting each other.

She walked towards the king and smiled. The king let his guard down for once and kneeled to her height while pinching her cheeks. He couldn't resist not touching her fluffy 'baozi' cheeks. Everybody who saw him do it was so shocked. Was he the same king that killed thousands of people?

"Papa I want to learn" Rory giggled trying to lift the sword in front of her.

"No" The king replied short. He thought it would be too dangerous for her to even come near a sword, but he had trouble telling it to her so instead he sounded rather cold.

Rory looked disappointed, Mary had taught her that once she hears the word 'no' it means she shouldn't push it any further so, therefore, all she could do was be disappointed.

Augustus and many others glared at the king for making the little princess sulky, of course, they wouldn't say anything, or else that would be their last day. But even the king couldn't resist her sulky face even though he knew how dangerous blades and swords were.

"Augustus prepare a small wooden sword" The king ordered Augustus.

"Do you want to learn sword fighting?" The king asked the princess.

The princess was happy again and nodded continuously as the king saw how cute she looked he wanted to hug her so badly. But he knew that once he showed affection to her it would be his weakness. That meant that the enemies would go after the princess in order to destroy him.

Augustus came back with a small wooden sword, he knelt down and gave it to the princess. The princess' eyes lit up once again and she hugged Augustus and kissed him on his cheek. Everybody was jealous that Augssuts got kissed by the little princess - especially the king.